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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sobral ( la, Dioecesis Sobralensis) is a
diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
located in the city of Sobral in the
Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...
of
Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...
in Brazil.


History

* November 10, 1915: Established as Diocese of Sobral from the
Diocese of Ceará The Archdiocese of Fortaleza ( la, Archidioecesis Fortalexiensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Fortaleza in Brazil. History On June 6, 1854, it was established by Pope Pius IX, as the Diocese of Ceará from the Diocese of Olinda. ...


Bishops

* Bishops of Sobral (Roman rite) **José Tupinambá da Frota (1916.01.24 – 1923.04.06) **João José da Mota e Albuquerque (1961.02.28 – 1964.04.28), appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão **Walfrido Teixeira Vieira (1965.01.06 – 1998.03.18) ** Aldo de Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. (1998.03.18 – 2004.05.05), appointed Archbishop of Paraíba **Fernando Antônio Saburido,
O.S.B. , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , found ...
(2005.05.18 – 2009.07.01), appointed Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco **Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I. (2010.10.11 - 2015.02.14), appointed Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina **
José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...
(2015.07.08 - present)


Coadjutor bishop

* Aldo de Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. (1997-1998)


Auxiliary bishop

*
José Bezerra Coutinho José Bezerra Coutinho (February 7, 1910 – November 7, 2008) was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. When he died at the age of 98, he was the sixth-oldest bishop in the Catholic Church and oldest Brazilian bishop. Biography Coutin ...
(1956-1961), appointed Bishop of Estância, Sergipe


References


GCatholic.org


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